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THE Defence Headquarters, Friday, declared that it does not know the whereabouts of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu This came as it asked citizens not to panic over hitherto October 1st deadline given the Ibos by a group of Northern youths to vacate the region, saying the threat was no longer effective. The DHQ which said contrary to some reports,it did not raid the IPOB leader’s home, said it was not the place of the military to declare Kanu wanted. The DHQ equally explained that it was constrained to move a special military operations against the dreaded herdsmen because they were neither visible nor carry out their activities under an open or known group. Director of Defence Information, Major General John Enenche, who addressed the media at the Defence Headquarters, denied that Nnamdi Kanu was in military custody. ” Nnamdi Kanu is not in the custody of the military,”he dec...

It has actually been a while now since we heard anything about Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans. The kidnapper who has pleaded guilty to the charge of kidnapping and is been remanded in the prison made this scintillating request... A group of Christians from a Pentecostal church who were on a routine visit to Kirikiri prison in Lagos, recently, were shocked when they came face- to- face with the notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumebi Onwuamaegbu aka Evans, who has pleaded guilty to the charge of kidnapping and was remanded by court in the prison.  Reports said the Christians, whose numerical strength could not be ascertained, were in the prison on a Sunday, just few weeks after Evans was remanded and after routine checks, they demanded to pray for the notorious kidnap suspect. It was reliably learned that prison officials reluctantly agreed to their request and later brought the suspect to them. Events took a dramatic turn immediately Evans saw the Christians with their b...

Chinese authorities are reportedly stepping up their campaign against Muslims in the north-western region of Xinjiang. According to sources in the region, officials have been warning neighbourhoods and mosques that ethnic minority Muslim families are being forced to hand in religious items including the Koran and prayer mats. They face severe punishment if they are discovered. According to Radio Free Asia, reports have emerged from Kashgar, Hotan and other regions of similar practices starting last week. The spokesman for the exile World Uyghur Congress group, Dilxat Raxit said they received a notification saying that every single ethnic Uyghur must hand in any Islam-related items from their own home. Copies of the Koran and related items must be handed into the government authorities, and there will be notices being broadcast via WeChat, China's most popular social media app. According to local officials, Xinjiang authorities earlier this year, began removing all Korans publish...

An Army Captain, Dogari Kefas Apyeyak who was killed by armed robbers along Kaduna-Brinin-Gwari road on September 10, 2017 has been laid to rest amid tears. He died less than two months to his wedding and was buried in his country home, in Ussa area of Taraba State with full military honours. It was gathered that the army officer was ambushed by armed robbers on his way to Ilorin where he was attending a French Course at the Nigerian Army School of Education Sobi Barracks in Kwara. An Artillery Officer rerolled to play infantry roll in the North-east with 192 Bn at Gozwa, the young officer was courageous in his fight against the insurgents in the North-east to ensure the sovereignty of our dear country. He was indeed a professional soldier. The late officer was born on July 31, 1984 in Kano to the family of MWO Dogari Emmanuel Apyeyak. A Kuteb by tribe, and hails from Lissam, Ussa, Taraba State. RIP!

Topic:  DON’T BE THE GUINEA PIG!  [Saturday September 30 th  2017] Memorise:  Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 st  Corinthians 10:6 Read:  1 st  Corinthians 10:1-12 (KJV) 10:1  Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 10:2  And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 10:3  And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 10:5  But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 10:6  Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 10:7  Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of...

A woman has been arrested by officers of the Lagos police command for maltreating her ward. From the story shared by Jecinta Ifesinachi, the woman poured kerosene on him and set the little boy on fire for misplacing a cloth she bought for him...that's after beating him brutally. The boy whose hand and back got burnt - was taken to the hospital for treatment and the woman taken into police custody. This shocking incident happened in Ikorodu area of Lagos.

It was an horrible end for a Nigerian student after she reportedly jumped to her death from a bridge in the UK. The university student leapt to her death off a bridge after taking a taxi there with a pal, an inquest heard yesterday. The brilliant lady identified as Lara Nosiru, 23, took LSD before going to Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol with fellow student Kasumi Kishi, according to Sun UK. Narrating how it happened, Ms Kishi said... She had hoped to convince Lara not to kill herself. CCTV showed she twice pulled her from the edge before walking away. Police looked at charges including assisting suicide but ruled no offence was committed.  But last night Lara’s mum Olu, 50, from South Ockendon, Essex, blasted Ms Kishi, saying: “She could have saved [my daughter].” The Avon and Somerset coroner ruled that Lara took her own life while under the influence of drugs.

Many residents in 12 communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have been rendered homeless with over 3000 farmlands  destroyed  by devastating flood following two days of heavy downpour. The incident which occurred between September 18 and 19 has also left properties worth millions of naira and thousands of economic trees destroyed. The disaster which affected bridges that connect some communities to other parts of the local government also polluted the only stream which serves as the source of drinking water in the area. Boki is found in the Central Senatorial District of the state and its indigenes are mostly farmers who deal in cocoa, palm kernel, plantain amongst other crops. The affected communities are Bago, Unu, Bagabo, Bakie, Bufua, Kakwe-Beebo and a host of others. Speaking about the incident, Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, John Inaku, said that the means of livelihood of the affected communities have been serious...

Peter of Psquare has in a video clip apologized to their fans on Thursday, over the feud that existed between him and the members of his family. “We have resolved our issues and we beg for your forgiveness” I will take full responsibility of everything that has happened and I promise you that our problems are behind us now”, he said. It became official on Monday that P-Sqaure have finally split up. Coming after it went viral that there was war/brouhaha between twin singers, Peter and Paul Okoye, it was confirmed Various twist have since the split as videos of the brothers fighting surface online and Paul unfriending Lola Omotayo as many believe she is the one between the square brothers.

Topic:  DELAYED PROVISION  [Friday September 29 th  2017] Memorise:  The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Psalm 145:15 Read:  Daniel 10:7-13 (KJV) 10:7  And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 10:8  Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 10:9  Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 10:10  And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. 10:11  And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto th...

Residents of Igando area of Lagos were shock after police from arrested a young man simply known as ‘Egbon’, who led the Vigilante group to the creek and exposed the kidnappers den which led to the rescue of seven victims. The arrest and detention of Egbon had triggered negative reactions especially from those living in Akesan, Egan Igando and Badore areas who knew the role he played in unmasking the criminals. According to PM Express,  the police were not happy that Egbon took the vigilante group to the creek instead of the police where seven victims were recently rescued . The vigilante group also recovered arms, handed them over to police and the kidnappers were temporarily dislodged. The police has turned now to allege that Egbon knew too much about the activities of the kidnappers and therefore must be among those who collect ransom for the kidnappers.  During a visit to Igando Police Division, the DPO was said not to be around but the young man was still...

Pastor John Oluwadare, General Superintendent of Christ Redemption Bible Church (CRBC), Ketu, Lagos, has a word of advice for Nigerian leaders. Until they show genuine repentance and truly return Nigeria to God, the country might continue to totter and toddle, even in adulthood, Pastor Oluwadare asserted.  He also advised President Muhammadu Buhari to organise a genuine national prayer so that the country might regain its lost glory. The cleric spoke recently at the church headquarters in Ketu, Lagos, while briefing journalists on activities to mark the 20th anniversary of the church. The man of God, a Bible teacher, author, televangelist and deliverance minister, also urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country. He said the rampaging songs of discord and disunity among the various tribes in the country could only draw the nation backwards, insisting that God had destined Nigeria to be a great nation. The cleric noted also that though God is still very much i...

Obviously there have been an improvement. The LASU college of medicine now wears a new look. I hope this new development motivates the students.

A Federal High Court in Yola has ordered the  remand  of former Adamawa PDP Chairman, Alhaji Abdurrahman Bobboi, in prison for allegedly diverting food meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Also remanded were Mr Sanda Lamurde, a former Commissioner for Finance, and Feredan George, a former Chief Store Officer of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). Justice Bilkisu Aliyu gave the order on Wednesday, at the hearing of a case of alleged forgery and stealing brought against the trio by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The accused are facing 16 charges bordering on forgery, theft and fraud. According to the EFCC Counsel, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, the suspects were arraigned following a petition received from members of Agricultural Transformation Agro-Allied Farmers Cooperative Union, Adamawa chapter. The union, in its petition to the EFCC, had alleged that the loan granted to Adamawa State farmers, from the Central Bank of Nigeria. were...

An office assistance, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, who absconded to Calabar after stealing his employer’s $12,000 and gave his girlfriend N700,000, was yesterday arraigned before a Lagos magistrate’s court. 28yrs old Anyanwu, who was working at a financial services company, is standing trial on a count charge of theft. The defendant, who pleaded guilty to the offence, was remanded in prison custody till October 31, for facts and sentence.  The prosecutor, Friday Mameh, told the court during arraignment that Anyanwu committed the alleged offence while he was working with the complainant, Mr. Olalekan Salami, a financial analyst. He said the incident occurred on Furo Ezimora Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. Mameh said the defendant stole $12,000, equivalent to N4.5 million, belonging to the complainant, saying “the defendant was arrested through the help of his girlfriend in Calabar, who had gone to withdraw the N700,000, that she deposited i...

The EFCC on Wednesday, September 27, arraigned four suspected fraudsters Sani Abubakar, Abubakar Abdullahi, Mainasara Kallamu and Abdulrazaq Abdullahi before Justice Ibrahim Kangiwa of the Kebbi State High Court on an eight-count charge of conspiracy, forgery obtaining by false pretence and issuance of a dud cheque. The accused persons allegedly conspired together and diverted N32,000,000 (Thirty-Two Million Naira Only) being a balance of the eight hundred units of motorcycles worth N72,000,000 (Seventy-Two Million Naira) belonging to the complainant, one Ibrahim Iron by falsely claiming that the motorcycles were meant for the Nigerian Union of Teachers. The trial continues. 

Revelations have continued to trail Great James Oil and Gas Limited, the company linked with the illegal importation of 1,580 guns into Nigeria. On September 11, the men of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a 20-foot container at the Tin Can Island Port with 1,100 pump-action rifles concealed in wash basins. 8 days after this discovery, another container was found at Tin Can Island Port with 470 pump-action rifles concealed among small connecting pipes. While addressing journalists on the seizure, the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), said the rifles were falsely declared as elbow plumbing plastics. He named Great James Oil and Gas as the owner of the two containers and the firm that imported the 1,580 guns from Turkey into the country. Ali had earlier hinted that the pump-action rifles were written under product description on the original bill of lading for the consignment, noting that the importer in connivance with the clearing agent had ...